Updated: Nov 23 2022 5:02PM

New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) Pancake sea urchins, eels with no eyes, and bat-like fish are among some “stunning” creatures found living in the depths of the Indian Ocean, scientists say.

The expedition led by a team at Museums Victoria Research Institute mapped the seafloor in Australia’s Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park in detail for the first time, a statement by the institute said.

They revealed massive flat-topped ancient sea-mountains, flanked by volcanic cones, snarly ridges, and canyons formed from avalanches of sand that have slumped down onto the abyssal ocean floor.

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